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joechiro30
Joined: 24 Sep 2014
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City/Region: Lynnwood
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2006
C-Dory Model: 255 Tomcat
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 Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 6:43 pm Post subject: roof rack from tomcat 255 |
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I would like to store shrimp or crab pots on the roof of my tomcat. Has anyone installed any sort of roof rack on the roof? I'd like to store shrimp/crab pots on the roof. Brand and model of the rack would be appreciated.
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JMacLeod
Joined: 26 Jun 2018
Posts: 173
City/Region: Stuart
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2018
C-Dory Model: 255 Tomcat
Vessel Name: C-Shalom
Photos: JMacLeod
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Quoted below from a previous thread.
http://www.c-brats.com/viewtopic.php?t=23000
Lots of different and creative ideas buried across the board and in c-brat galleries.
We still need to decide between the rooftop A/C, solar panels, radar arch, kayak, and/or dingey, before figuring out what rack idea is gonna work best for us.
| Sunbeam wrote: | The Yakima gutter towers are called the "1A" btw. They typically have the round crossbars on the top, but you can also attach anything (like a board, riser, etc.) to the flat part of the top with a fastener through the hole (you remove the circle thingie that holds the round bars). I have done this many times "back in the day" for making my own kayak racks (with boards vs. bars). As mentioned, they are pretty easy to find these days on Craigslist, etc. due to so many cars no longer having gutters, so people just have them gathering dust.
I thought about the fact that a kayak would block a solar panel, but then figured that would be mostly underway, and then I have the alternator going. When anchoring you might be likely to launch it anyway (?)
Here are a few ideas/photos that I have saved from other C-Dories:
1) I think PVC could work even though the handrails diverge (unless I'm not visualizing how you meant). They diverge slightly on a 22 as well, but you can angle the feet relative to the cross bar. This is 1" PVC (Prosimedia):
2) Yakima 1A gutter towers (Bossa Nova and Scout). Bossa Nova has used boards across instead of the bars (maybe he's an old kayaker too?). I think you could add some spacers between the brackets and the cross bars - especially if not putting a super heavy load on.
3) Taylor Made rail-mount flagpole sockets have been used along with stainless tubing (Carpy, C-Daisy):
4) C-Dory Grace made these wooden racks that lash onto the handrail tubing. Maybe they give an idea that could be modified:
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Another possibility: I'm making a base for some semi-rigid solar panels using these split mounts on the handrails: Not actual size 
http://www.sailrite.com/Split-Side-Mount-7-8-Stainless
Sometimes these can come in handy in various ways:
http://www.rei.com/product/672423/riverside-universal-kayak-replacement-foam-blocks |
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